Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab says Britain will refuse to pay £39 billion divorce bill if EU fails to agree a trade deal… Britain will refuse to pay its £39 billion divorce bill to Brussels if the European Union fails to agree a trade deal, the new Brexit Secretary pledges today. Dominic Raab told The Sunday Telegraph that he would make the vast payment formally conditional on the EU “fulfilling its side of the bargain”. The promise will be welcomed by leading Brexiteers after the Government said in May that there were no plans for a legally enforceable link between the bill and a future trading relationship. Amid a breakdown of trust with No 10, pro-Brexit MPs had threatened to force an amendment into the Government’s Implementation Bill in the autumn after Philip Hammond claimed that “walking away from an obligation … would not make us a credible partner in future international agreements”. – Sunday Telegraph (£) Brexit Secretary says UK will withhold the divorce bill without a deal – Sky News Britain will withhold £39billion divorce bill if no trade agreement is reached with the EU, vows Dominic Raab – The Sun The EU is taking a huge gamble that we will surrender if it keeps pushing. What if we don’t? – Juliet Samuel for the Telegraph (£) …but says he’s still trying to persuade Cabinet colleagues on Chequers The UK’s new Brexit secretary says he is still persuading other cabinet ministers that the government strategy for leaving the EU is the “best plan.” Dominic Raab told the Sunday Telegraph the prime minister’s blueprint for leaving the EU was “pragmatic.” Theresa May’s proposal for a future trade relationship with the EU sparked two cabinet resignations, including Mr Raab’s predecessor David Davis. Mr Davis told the Sunday Express the PM should “start again” on her plan. – BBC News Theresa May will tour Europe this week to sell her Brexit blueprint directly to the people – The Sun Conservative grassroots activists slam Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint and give it a ‘thorough trashing’ – The Sun The public back Boris to negotiate with EU after May’s Brexit plan… Theresa May is facing an unprecedented political crisis, according to a new poll that reveals voters are implacably opposed to her Brexit plan and are prepared to turn to Ukip or parties of the far right. In a survey that will spark unease in Downing Street, the YouGov poll found that the public believes Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, is better placed to negotiate with Brussels and lead the Conservatives into the next election. It highlights how voters are polarising, with growing numbers alienated from the two main parties. About 38% would vote for a new party on the right that was committed to Brexit, while 24% are prepared to support an explicitly far-right anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party. One in three voters are prepared to back a new anti-Brexit centrist party. Tory donors and allies of Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader, are now plotting to raise £10m to set up a new hard-Brexit party — a move that could make it impossible for the Tories to win the next election. – The Sunday Times (£) Howe was wrong when he resigned but Johnson’s right on the money – Liam Halligan for the Telegraph (£) The PM could suffer a worse fate than John Major if she betrays Brexit with her ‘Nixonian’ secrecy – Stewart Jackson for the Telegraph (£) Our snap survey. Tory member support for May’s Brexit plan falls. Two in three are now opposed to it. – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Theresa May set for more resignations – ‘He will fall on his sword’ – Sunday Express Theresa May has to rethink her customs plan, before the EU rethinks it for her – Telegraph editorial (£) Voters are united on one point: they don’t like what they see – The Sunday Times editorial (£) …as David Davis tells May to rip up the White Paper and start again David Davis has urged the Prime Minister to tear up her Brexit White Paper and “start again” in an explosive interview in which he lays bare the inside story of Britain’s fraught negotiations with the EU. In his first newspaper interview since standing down as EU exit secretary, the Tory veteran reassures Sunday Express readers that it is not too late to save Brexit. He calls on Theresa May to accelerate no-deal preparations, insisting leaving on World Trade Organisation terms is “not the end of the world”. With unprecedented candour, the former leadership contender lays bare the details of his short telephone conversation with the Prime Minister after his resignation and reveals how Doreen, his wife of 45 years, persuaded him to leave. Describing the Chequers compromise as “trapping Britain’s fingers in the mangle”, he claims the EU will agree to a better deal as it comes under increasing pressure from the other 27 member states in the autumn. – Sunday Express David Davis says it is not too late to save Brexit as he hits out at Chequers deal and blasts Treasury’s ‘Project Fear’ – The Sun Philip Hammond says ‘trade deals will be easier’ without Cabinet’s ‘Brexit Bogeymen’… Philip Hammond has sparked a furious row after branding Boris Johnson a Brexit “bogeyman”. In an astonishing outburst, the Chancellor said there is more chance of striking a deal since Bojo quit the Cabinet. And he claimed the departure of Brexit Secretary David Davis would strengthen Britain’s hand in the next round of talks. Mr Hammond told colleagues there were “upsides and downsides” to the wave of resignations over the PM’s Chequers Brexit blueprint. He said: “They know we are serious. We are pushing the envelope.” But when discussion turned to the loss of two Cabinet big guns, the usually gloomy Chancellor delivered a rare upbeat verdict. – The Sun … but the Cabinet is at war over freedom of movement with Hammond backing EU ‘preferential treatment’ Javid and Philip Hammond have clashed over free movement after the Chancellor said that EU workers should be given “preferential” treatment in a bid to win over Angela Merkel and strike a post-Brexit trade deal. The Telegraph has learned that official minutes from the Chequers summit state that the Chancellor said he “disagreed with the Home Secretary on labour mobility and ending free movement”. He made the comments after Mr Javid, the Home Secretary, told Cabinet at the meeting that “free movement had to end” and that there could be “no back door”. He argued that “labour mobility” should be limited to current international obligations but Mr Hammond argued that the Government should “keep options open” for “preferential mobility arrangements”. – Telegraph (£) Jacob Rees-Mogg says UK is heading for no-deal Brexit Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Britain is heading for a no deal exit from the EU. The Tory MP said that leaving the EU on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms was now likely. Presenting a phone-in on LBC, Mr Rees-Mogg said: ‘I think we are heading to WTO and I think WTO is nothing to be frightened of.’ But he said talks should continue with Brussels, stating: ‘I think we should carry on negotiating until the end. ‘I don’t think we necessarily need the theatrics of walking away, but the truth is that WTO is likely to be all that they will offer us.’ Prime Minister Theresa May is continuing to defend her Chequers agreement despite the resignation of her former Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. – Daily Mail Jacob Rees-Mogg To Remainer: “Are You Saying Old People Shouldn’t Vote?” – LBC > Listen on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Jacob Rees-Mogg says we’re heading for WTO Government’s pro-EU publicity blitz gave Remain an unfair advantage in the referendum, bipartisan report suggests A £9.3m pro-EU publicity blitz by David Cameron’s government in the run-up to the Brexit referendum gave the Remain side an unfair advantage, the like of which should be outlawed in future votes, an independent commission has suggested. In a major report, a cross-party panel called for a significant extension of restrictions banning ministers from using unlimited amounts of public money in favour of one side of a debate before the final month of a campaign… Mr Cameron was heavily criticised by pro-Brexit campaigners in April 2016 when his government issued a leaflet to all households setting out why remaining in the EU was the “best decision” for the country. – Telegraph (£) Kate Hoey, the Labour MP who saved the Tories There is nothing predictable about Kate Hoey, either as a politician or as an interview subject. Forty minutes into our meeting, the Labour MP for Vauxhall is already threatening to call the whole thing off. She is annoyed, she says, that I am asking too many questions, but what really bothers her is that I am asking the wrong ones. In her defence, Hoey, 72, had a difficult week. Last Tuesday night she voted with the government on a crucial Brexit amendment, saving Theresa May from catastrophe. Nobody in the Labour Party expected her to do anything else. “I have been a ‘leaver’ all my life. Why would I, after all these years of fighting, winning a referendum, opposing Maastricht, opposing Lisbon, why would I suddenly, for the sake of a political gold star, vote for something I passionately disagree with?” – The Sunday Times (£) > Fawzi Ibrahim on BrexitCentral today: Labour’s pro-Brexit rebels did their party and the country a favour last week Rod Liddle: Ireland’s Leo roars like any EU bully but his UK flights threat is all hot airspace This Northern Ireland border issue that is vexing everyone, especially the Irish taoiseach, seems fairly simple to resolve. Indeed, it scarcely needs resolving. If we do not want a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic and the Irish do not want a hard border, who the hell is going to put one up? Who is going to build the customs posts and fencing and provide the requisite surly staff? If the European Union insists upon customs posts, surely it becomes a discussion between Ireland and the EU and nothing to do with us. And does anyone, other than Ireland’s smirking taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, think the EU would be stupid enough to do that? It is surely another one of those chimeric threats from an increasingly authoritarian supranational bureaucracy that is currently facing rebellion on all fronts. – Rod Liddle for The Sunday Times (£) > Tom Gallagher on BrexitCentral last week: Dublin’s threat over Irish airspace could lead to dangerous brinkmanship Janet Daley: The EU’s rejection of our final offer is a disastrous move that exposes the arrogance at its core So presumably this is it. We have finally arrived at the end – or the beginning of the end – of our spectacular game of chicken with the EU. It must be clear now who is prepared to sit longest on the track in the path of the oncoming train. Michel Barnier has thrown out what Mrs May claimed was her last and best offer. He will not bend, perhaps having been misinformed by hubristic Remain campaigners that the political discontent in Westminster will cause her to give way. But she will not – cannot – retreat because she knows the real truth about Westminster and the electorate. – Janet Daley for the Telegraph (£) Claude Barfield: Hello soft Brexit. Goodbye US-UK trade agreement — and an American ally on digital trade rules? The saga of Brexit negotiations, Prime Minister Theresa May’s agony, and President Donald Trump’s clumsy and destructive interventions changes daily. But the main focus of this blog is the implications for a US-UK trade agreement and, more specifically, for potential digital trade and internet issues in such an agreement… But as noted in a previous blog, Trump was more nearly correct in his initial assessment: A soft Brexit will make it much more difficult to conclude a comprehensive US-UK FTA. And it would almost certainly represent a lost opportunity for the US to forge an important alliance with the UK on vital issues related to digital trade and policies regarding rules for the internet. – Claude Barfield for AEI Ideas Graham Gudgin: Setting up simple lorry checks would avoid us giving up our independence For some exporters this involves problems of trucks being stopped. Solutions are obvious. One is to extend the existing trusted trader scheme under which consignments of frequent traders would rarely be checked. The other is to extend electronic customs surveillance including the well-established vehicle number-plate recognition technology, alongside the by now normal electronic customs clearance arrangements. Lack of space at Dover is not important. A checking facility a few miles away will surely suffice for the one or two percent of lorries which are likely to undergo checks. As few as 100 lorries a day may require checks at Dover, and it is surely not beyond possibility that this can be facilitated. On the UK side there are few reasons why most of the flow of components or perishable foods should be delayed at all.- Graham Gudgin for Briefings for Brexit In Brief Brexit in crisis: what now? – Tim Shipman for The Sunday Times (£) How bitter Brussels tried to block Liam Fox from crunch US trade trip – Sunday Express Tory chief whip Julian Smith must publicly explain ‘pairing blunder’ before MPs break for the summer – The Sun Brexit ‘affects rare‑diseases care for British children’ – The Sunday Times (£)